Yung AAJA Webinar: Resumes, Cover Letters and Interviews

Resumes and cover letters are essential to landing that internship or job interview! (Wait, interviews?!?!)

Join AAJA Young Professionals Network (Yung AAJA) members Elaine Kong, Lian Parsons and Allen Peng via YouTube Live on Sunday, April 1 at 7:00pm ET to learn more about what makes a young journalist stand out.

The webinar will cover resumes, broadcast reels, cover letters, interviews and a Q&A session. The webinar is tentatively scheduled to end around 8:30pm ET but may go longer depending on how long the Q&A session takes.

Please fill out this Google Form to submit specific questions for the Q&A and to indicate whether or not you are willing to submit your resume, cover letter or reel to be constructively critiqued during the webinar.

Hope to see you there!

Elaine Kong graduated in the spring of 2016 with a broadcast journalism degree from California State University, Fullerton. She is a hard news reporter with two years of experience in live reporting and creating packages on a daily basis. Hurricane Harvey shaped her as a hard-hitting journalist who cares about the characters in her story. Follow Elaine on Twitter at @ElaineKongNews.

Lian Parsons is a recent journalism graduate from Temple University. She writes for print and online and has covered topics including technology, business and finance, nonprofits, education and general news. In her free time, she can usually be found watching cat videos. Follow Lian on Twitter at @Lian_Parsons.

Allen Peng is a radio and digital journalist reporting for WNYC as a general assignment intern. He graduated from New York University in the spring of 2017 with degrees in journalism and Asian/Pacific/American studies. Find him at allen-peng.squarespace.com or the nearest boba shop. Follow Allen on Twitter at @ALLPNG.